Best Lawyers in America 2021 Recognizes 80 Akin Lawyers

(Washington, D.C.) – Eighty Akin Gump lawyers have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021, the publication’s 27th edition.

Two Akin Gump lawyers have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year,” which recognizes one lawyer per practice area in each metro region: Steven D. Maslowski (Litigation - Patent; Philadelphia) and Steven R. Ross (Government Relations Practice; Washington, D.C.).

In addition, 16 Akin Gump lawyers have been recognized in the inaugural edition of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

Best Lawyers has been published annually since 1983, ranking lawyers solely through peer–review surveys, compiling lists of outstanding attorneys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their peers.

The following Akin Gump lawyers were named among this year's edition of Best Lawyers:

Dallas

• Alex Agahzadeh (Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law)
• Scott Barnard (Litigation - Securities)
• Rachel Biblo Block (Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Garrett DeVries (Corporate Law)
• Katie C. Dinett (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law)
• Michael Farrell (Ones to Watch: Tax Law)
• Daniel J. Micciche (Tax Law)
• Seth R. Molay (Corporate Law)
• Sarah Link Schultz (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Thomas H. Yang (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)

Hartford

• Chip Fisher (Banking and Finance Law)

Houston

• Michael J. Byrd (Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law)
• Alison L. Chen (Tax Law)
• Stephen D. Davis (Corporate Law; Energy Law; International Trade and Finance Law)
• David Patrick Elder (Corporate Law)
• John Goodgame (Corporate Law)
• Matthew A. Kapinos (Energy Law)
• Christine B. LaFollette (Corporate Law)
• Thomas J. McCaffrey (Corporate Law; Real Estate Law)
• Kevin W. Schott (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law)
• W. Robert Shearer (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Jim Wetwiska (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)

Los Angeles

• P. John Burke (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)
• Becky Girolamo (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Marissa Román Griffith (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)
• Rex S. Heinke (Appellate Practice; Litigation - First Amendment; Media Law)
• Gregory W. Knopp (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Neal Ross Marder (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)
• Kevin G. McBride (Litigation - Patent)
• C.N. Franklin Reddick III (Corporate Law)   
• Robin M. Schachter (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation - ERISA)
• Daniel Shlomi (Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law)
• Hushmand Sohaili (Real Estate Law)

New York

• Stephen M. Baldini (Commercial Litigation)
• Lisa Beckerman (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• James J. Benjamin Jr. (Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy))
• David H. Botter (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Brian T. Carney (Gaming Law)
• Ira S. Dizengoff (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Philip C. Dublin (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Patrick B. Fenn (Tax Law)
• Daniel H. Golden (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Brooks J. Kenyon (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Patent)
• Stuart E. Leblang (Tax Law)  
• John P.J. Mattiace (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Caitlin E. Olwell (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Intellectual Property)
• Michael N. Petegorsky (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Patent)
• Abid Qureshi (Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Seth D. Slotkin (Trusts and Estates)
• Michael S. Stamer (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Cristina Thrasher (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Stephen M. Vine (Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law)

Philadelphia

• Dianne B. Elderkin (Litigation - Patent)
• Steven D. Maslowski (Litigation - Patent)

San Antonio

• Cynthia Perez Angell (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law)
• Kirt S. O'Neill (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
• W. Thomas Weir (Tax Law)

Washington, DC

• Louis T. Agnello (Ones to Watch: Health Care Law)
• Scott L. Alberino (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Allison C. Binney (Native American Law)
• Katie Brossy (Native American Law)
• Amanda Amelia Butler-Jones (Ones to Watch: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
• Cono A. Carrano (Litigation - Patent)
• Tom W. Davidson (Communications Law)
• Spencer S. Griffith (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Paul B. Hewitt (Antitrust Law)
• Lars-Erik A. Hjelm (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Howard B. Jacobson (Tax Law)
• Gorav Jindal (Antitrust Law)
• Mark J. MacDougall (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Thomas J. McCarthy (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Daniel L. Nash (Sports Law)
• Donald R. Pongrace (Native American Law)
• Steven R. Ross (Government Relations Practice)
• Robert S. Salcido (Health Care Law)
• James Savin (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Pratik A. Shah (Appellate Practice)
• Valerie A. Slater (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Melissa D. Whitaker (Ones to Watch: Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Kevin J. Wolf (International Trade and Finance Law)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1945, the firm is proudly celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020. #AkinGump75

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